New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-04
RACERS AND HANDICAPS.
CAPTAIN cosrER's LISTS OF WEIGHTS
>.c,sn FORM AND PRosPHcTs-TnK BLACK WOW
nrR rRRMONT.

CAPTAIN COSIEHo AAOAS W
nAc,so FORM AND PRosPEcTs-TnK BLACK WOW
DER TREMoNr.
Rash turfmen who bet on early favorites muss nav
,aceyed lesson from tho results OF the Lnconsn,'o
Handicap and the Grand National In forecasts OF 'ne
former race the winner was not even men.'onou ~
nrobablo starter and when he appeared az the Po' "
t,,a vas thought of him odds OF y 10 one wele
freely offered against his chaneea on PsPe, .Ao
belonged to one OF three animals-fuimeh ui'oi' 90
King Monmouth-and reckless betters nearly proKo ner
necks to get on the one or the otner Noe ono Vi no
ebre. got a place. the race being won by Oberon, the
of with Kenny second and lsobar third
The Grand National nearly as bad an upset Rogue
<crt WA Timed" to win Old Joe and Fr1gate
and Magpe Gamecock twenty to one chance that mao
boon entirely overlooked reached the wire first followed
by Sayoyard and Johnny Longtau In tne oroer n""'o
80 much for spring " tips"
The Lecestershre Saturday served the lonssuherg
public no better Kinsky the despised outsider winning
BY q mock, with odds against him OF twenty 10 one
Clydesdale the favoritc, did not get place. I'D VINO
stood next in the betting, was more fortunate
for he finished second. But as ior Z"
Alyere and Despair-aas, where were they'
Has the fate OF Archer had anything to do with inc
WEIGHTS assigned by Captain Coster for the Croton ana
Fordham handicapsi The high scale
the great and cry raised In England wheh pecae
known that Archers death was the result OF MS atcpt
10 reduce TO pounds that he might ride St. Mirh
An the COMMUNICATIVE Raise the weights" cried half
the sportng world whose opinions echoed and
through the press. Raise the weights and allow men
in the full vgor of health and happiness to besrde our
best horses instead OF boys, wasted men,
Raise the weights and shall have no more cases like
Archer's NO more turf catastrophes to shock the
world no rascally lghtweights uhaoe
TO control their animals more weeds on our race
no more trouble for starters no more feather
weight handicaps. more pushing forward OF lneAPe
renced stable boys starvation misery ana mad
among our jockeys"
Archefduring the last two three years OF his lie
was q l4O-pounds man. and nothing but wasting KEPT
him down TO racing weight When Sailor Prince won the
Cambridxeshire it according to Jack watts q
beaten Jockey that he defeated and not beaten morse
felt sure that Archer not himself That day. says
this able English rider "Ihad finished riding ana on
my hack took up my stand by the rails on the top ground
about fifty yards below the winning post Archer passed
close to me and seemed to take pull at his horse and
was apparently winning easily. But the mo-
ment afterward st. Mirin edged away TO-
ward the centre OF the course, ana
poor Fred did not seem able either to keep him straight
mr. assist him In the least All this time White on Sailor
Prince hac been creeping up He seemed to take in the
situation at glance and coming he overlook Archer
and won the race
By comparing the weights for the Jerome Park handi
cans this year with OF 1885 and 1886 you will have
10 believe that something has been at work on captain
Costers conscience Rupert for example, carried last
year 1O2 pounds in the Fordham This year he must
carry l21 Amalgam the CrotOn last year with 81
pounds his back, which was one pound overweight
Can he win this year with 1l0f Surely lie Is not twenty
pounds better than he was twelve months ago. Rock
aud-Rye who ran sixth In the same race with 100
pounds including five pounds overweight, must this
wear take up us pounds But II comparisons to be
taken OF merit what is to be said Of Buckstones
oh In the Croton In 1885 he carried ia pounds
n weight 49, and he gets in this year with
us. II appears If the gift to him. should
HE lima ia
treated almost lenienty in the Fordham for he has
received only pounds more than he carried In 1855
when, with los pounds, he ran second to Reveer See
how Blue Wing fares He must carry in the Croton 1913
pounds in the Fordham 1922 In the Suburban 1l5, and
in the Brooklyn Handicap liz. Bob Fisher must pack
the top weight in the Croon 125 pounds In the Ford
ham he must carry To- pounds, In the suburban H.
and ne Bookyn aa1dcaP 100 On II this ,h scale rd is
Park handbags at 14O pounds ma mn
So Captain "a sam" Brown. who scooped In 100000
last suburban day with Tpoubadour has decided 10 let
the bookmakers of this year with paltry $1,000 Inc
win the Classic but as il would be too bad to let
run unsupported has backed him to the extent OF
800 at odds Of to l. Poor Blue Wing has Sse%aS the
ton in which he has ihe sympathy the human race
stopped his work He may not be ready for the
Handieap-whch mean: two or three II, things II his
rty Of spurrinc old Barnum in the ear on May a. The
Snapper" went to Brighton Beach last week TO renew
made lis mouth water to see the old favorte
at the Boulevard, where in his first strong gallop
denies the report that he offered to bet that he would
beat McLaugins mount in the suburban. and that Ire
would be first, second third. He thinks Bob
Fisher q great horse.
goes to the track With the Messr Dwyer who have re-
sumed their daily visits TO their stable and whites away
wonder look His appearance is surprise every
racing man whose curiosity draws to sheepshead Bay
him. and yet matter how much he may be admired
there exists undercurent OF suspicion that fremont
hat oil nsf
out bad People in speaking of him. will persist in
erng to Portland whose form IN, made
last in that race. went all to pieces and
iious student Of form can little similarity the
records of Portland and fremont The former as two
beaten in the of the by Quito Refrain Ban
Fox, Bggonet, Preciosa Cycops Blue Wing, Electric,
Dew Drop and Ben Ali As for his Victories most OF
them were not remarkable For the Juvenile stase- he
beat ordinary field In the Surf stakes he got flying
start and nothing could catch him Mclaughlin had to
Great Stakes though he had much the best of the
start To very bad sendo in the Tyro stakes he got
nina in H by ONE and half ensh His best
race was for the Post sweepstakes, in which
and after rousng passed bis two opponents
Ban Fox and Prccosa and won in l14A. That struggle
aud the effects OF his first years work he
this day In his stnnted growth VIII any sensible man
record The black wonder not only retired at the end OF
his thirteen races he was never So much as approached
by OF his opponents His capacity for work to
unlimited lie has the appetite OF George Kinney and
the digestion Of Old Barnum and not more fastdous
the omn ostrich Far from being stunted
his years racing he has continued grow in size aud
streugth and beauty and Is to-day we'll developed
fun grown ouryearOd. he writer Is not going to in
dulge any extrav hyperboe about fremont His
object IL speaking OF him At all is TO relieve doubling
Thomases OF their lfounded suspicious to demonstrate
that the wind In the right direction there
resemblance between these two sons OF the
departed Virgil than Hamlet discovered between hawk
and handsaw.
Tue programme Of the Rockaway steeplecnase Asso-
citation a of On the cover which IL done In
I've colors old gold, bronze red black and blue equal
HE'D hunter In the act OF landing after easy
flight the brook" fourteen feet In the clear The